A Comprehensive Overview On Career Planning

All-Inclusive Information To Help You In Setting Up Your Career, Advancing In Your Field And Making A Successful Career Change

Career planning begins with choosing your field of study, then on to getting a job, moving up in the career ladder and, for some, a career change (or even perhaps several career changes). It is a lifelong process that ends only at the moment of retirement.

A career is a decisive component of a person’s individuality. What he decides to become later on in life is partly defined by his career choice -- what he chooses to pursue for a job, a vocation, a profession, a calling or maybe a line of business. For this reason, planning out a career path is crucial. Ideally, it should begin in the very early days of education and should ultimately be fixed by the time high school is finished or before pursuing college at the very latest.

Most young adults are unclear how to go about the career planning process on their own. Most will need some professional guidance, what is known nowadays as career counseling or coaching, in order to come about a final decision.

This book will focus on the process of career choice selection, but will also discuss career advancement and making a career change. It will help you go through the processes of self-assessment, exploring your options, matching your preferences with realistic opportunities and planning out a course of action to help you manage your career direction on your own.